Internet Theology Resources, By School of Theology Major Areas

Recent Revisions

This guide is intended to assist searchers of theological and religious information on the Internet, and is arranged according to major areas of concentration in St. John's School of Theology · Seminary.

Interdisciplinary and General Areas

Athanasius, Vita Antonii (c. 357). An early Christian best-seller.
- Life of Antony. English translation. [159K]. To skip the translator's introduction, search for the phrase Athanasius: Life.
- Vida de San Antonio Abad. Spanish translation. [109K].
John Cassian, Conference 14, Chapter 8 and following. [53K]. On spiritual knowledge, how to interpret the Bible. Local file.
William Ellery Channing, Unitarian Christianity (1819). [79K]. Also known as The Baltimore Sermon.
Council of Trent, Decree on Justification. Sixth Session, 13 January, 1547.
- Decree on Justification. English translation. With anathemas, and the Decree on Reform issued at the same session. [53K].
- Decreto sobre la justificación. Spanish translation. With the Canons on justification, and the Decree on Reform issued at the same session. [55K text, 21K graphics].
Jonathan Edwards, A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746).
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Divinity School Address (1838). [56K text, 14K graphics]. Also known as Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College. Transcendentalism.
Thomas Jefferson, The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels. Deism. This is Jefferson's cut-and-paste version of the Gospels.
Justin Martyr (d. c. 165), Dialogue with Trypho. Discusses, among other things, whether Jews can be saved. [444K text, 1K graphics].
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
- The Mayflower Compact. Caleb Johnson presents "a very careful letter-for-letter and line-by-line transcription . . . of the Mayflower Compact, as it is found in the original page of William Bradford's History Of Plymouth Plantation . . . , as best as can be represented by modern-day computer characters." Johnson, who has a B.A. in history, also provides background information.
- Mayflower Compact 1620, from the Yale Law School's Avalon Project. Modernized spelling for all but two words. Invalid HTML syntax, though.
Origen (c. 185-254), De principiis
- Origen de Principiis. English translation by F. Crombie. Author's preface and each book in its own file. With notes. Book IV is incomplete.
- Origen De principiis, v4. English translation by F. Crombie of Book IV. Some scanner errors. [207K].
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pensées (1670).
Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975)
- Evangelii Nuntiandi, Spanish translation. [128K text, 1K graphics].
- Evangelii Nuntiandi, English translation. "On Evangelization in the Modern World." [131K].
Joseph Smith, King Follett Discourse (1844). Clearly shows Mormon belief in a succession of gods. History of the Church version.
Tertullian
- Against Praxeas (213-217)
- On Idolatry (c. 212). [80K].
Zakaria Wahba, Icons: Their History and Spiritual Significance (1993).
John Winthrop, A Modell of Christian Charity (1630). Also known as The Arbella Covenant.

Spanish Language and Culture

See also: Recursos teológicos en la red. Expanded version of this section, in Spanish.
ACI Digital. Agencia Católica de Informaciones en América Latina. Catholic news, Latin American perspective, in Spanish. This site also has CELAM documents. Size varies.
Biblioteca Electrónica Cristiana. Featuring many papal and conciliar documents in Spanish. And don't miss the patristics section. Some texts require JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser.
Church Forum. [7K text, 164K graphics]. General-interest Catholic site, in Spanish.
Carmelita de Freitas, La mujer latinoamericana en la sociedad y en la Iglesia, Boletín CLAR 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1996): 45-70. [51K text, 1K graphic].
English-Spanish On-line Dictionary. Small.
Alberto Gárate Rivera, Luis Fernando Oviedo Villavicencio, and Raúl Vizcarro Alonso, Las Misiones en Baja California. Jesuit and Dominican missions, 1697-1821. Map, photos, history. [12K text, 285K graphics]. Pictures are worth the wait. Exhibition sponsored by CETYS Universidad, Mexicali, in 1992.
iglesia.org: El Directorio Católico en Internet. [8K text, 56K graphics]. Maybe not the directory, but a good directory. Links to episcopal conferences, papal documents, and more, in Spanish.
Fred Jehle, Antología de poesía española. Includes poems by Teresa of Ávila, Fray Luis de León, John of the Cross, and Sor Juana. In Spanish and English. Jehle is an associate professor of Spanish at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
San Juan de la Cruz, Doctor de la Iglesia. In Spanish. Includes the Dark Night, John's poetry, and some minor works. Also two short biographies.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Sor Juana (1651-1695) was called "the tenth muse." Biographical essay in English, links to more resources on Sor Juana, in Spanish.
Sor Juana - Texte aus Lesbuch für HTML. Despite the German title, this page features several of Sor Juana's poems in Spanish.
Rafael María López-Melús, Los Santos Carmelitas.
Tom Nichol, Selected Resources for Spanish.
Noticias Eclesiales. Daily news notices about the Catholic Church from around the world. Also available in Portuguese, and in what appears to be a machine translation into English. Size varies.
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Available in Spanish, English, and French.
Revista electrónica latinoamericana de teología (RELaT). In Spanish. Electronic journal. Requires JavaScript; does not work at all in Netscape 3. Search function does not work in Netscape 4.
Spanish-English On-line Dictionary. Small.
Teresa of Avila
- Obras de Santa Teresa de Jesús. Critical Spanish edition, edited by noted Teresian scholar Tomás Álvarez. In PDF. Lacks poetry, Constitutions, and El modo de visitar los conventos.
- Santa Teresa de Jesús. In Spanish. Almost complete works. Excludes poetry, Constitutions, and letters.
Pedro Trigo, Fuentes escritas del cristianismo latinoamericano (1995).
Paul G. Zink, La Iglesia que habla y reza en castellano. Directory of Spanish-language Catholic sites, in Spanish.

Resources not specific to one major

General reference works and collections

Abbaye Saint Benoît de Port-Valais, Bibliothèque. French-language site, with the opera omnia of John Chrysostom, Augustine, and Bernard of Clairvaux, as well as Gregory's life of Benedict from the Dialogues, and works on spirituality. [34K text, 30K graphics].
All Catholic Church Ecumenical Councils--All the Decrees. Uneven formatting. Some are in outline form; others have emphasis inserted by persons unknown.
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Biographical dictionary in German. Search or browse. A very impressive cooperative effort. The simple design means that pages load quickly.
The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). Full text of all articles. If you wish, you may read my review of the online Catholic Encyclopedia.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Collection of the greats in Christian theology, spirituality, hymnody, and fiction. Also reference materials for Bible study. All in the public domain. Alternate formats are available for many of the texts, although recent additions are unfortunately Microsoft-centric and demand the very latest software.
The Coptic Network (Copt-Net). Encyclopedia Coptica. Archive of prayers, hymns, images, sound files, essays related to the Coptic Orthodox Church. Also has links to other sites, by topic.
Cuadernos de Cristianisme i Justícia. Articles on social justice. Available in Spanish and Catalan, and a very few in English. [50K text, 24K graphics].
Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Information on the local Catholic diocese and its ministries. Somewhat hostile to text browsers, and too wide for smaller monitors.
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World.
Duke Papyrus Archive. [8K text, 67K graphics]. Searchable collection of papyri written in Demotic, Hieratic, Greek, Latin, Coptic, etc.
Early Church Fathers. Comprises three important series: the Ante-Nicene Fathers; and A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, first and second series. Now available in two HTML versions. The first version of Early Church Fathers is "paged," i.e., split into smaller files. Twenty-seven of the thirty-eight volumes have been completed; most lack prefaces and notes. In the Early Church Fathers, version 2.0, footnotes are included, but file sizes are considerably larger--often over 150K. All but Ante-Nicene Fathers volume 9 (an index) are available in version 2.0.
Encyclopedia Mythica. Not especially scholarly, and treats all religion as mythology. Nevertheless, can be used for a quick introduction or refresher on various deities, ancient religion, or folklore of any era.
The Fathers of the Church. New Advent. Some need proofreading. An alternate arrangement for some of the works included in Early Church Fathers.
The Gnostic Society Library. Mysticism of all sorts, Gnosticism, and a collection of anti-heretical texts.
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. [10K text, 104K graphics]. Ecumenical, with over 700 member congregations. File sizes of graphics are much larger than necessary.
Paul Halsall
- Documentary Sources on Catholic Teaching (1996). A guide to print resources.
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Huge collection of full texts and extracts from primary sources, many relevant to theology.
The Holy See. The Vatican's official web site. Has been steadily adding content. Documents of Vatican II, and of recent popes. Also, hagiographies of new saints and beati. Hostile to text browsers and speaking browsers.
Thomas Hopko, The Orthodox Faith (1981). Also known as the "Rainbow Books." Primer on the belief and practice of the Eastern Orthodox. Hopko is the dean emeritus of St. Vladimir's Seminary. [25K text, 95K graphics].
Internet Dictionary Project. Translation between English and: Spanish, Italian, German, French, Latin, Portuguese, Assyrian.
Alister McGrath, Glossary of Theological Terms. [55K text, 5K graphics].
Ministry Resources. From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. Sermons, icon gallery, prayers, audio files of liturgical music. [38K text, 94K graphics].
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
Minnesota Theological Library Association. Libraries of the five members of the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools. Links to online catalogs.
Papal Encyclicals Online. Includes papal documents other than encyclicals, too. Most documents are not readable in Netscape.
Religion News Service.
Religion Online. Archive of articles and some full-text books in the areas of religious studies and Christian theology. Mostly mainstream Protestant perspective, including some of the "big names" in theology, apologetics, ethics.
Tracey Rich, Glossary of Jewish Terminology. [91K text, 13K graphics]. Part of Judaism 101.
The St. Pachomius Library. Especially good for translations of early Greek and Syriac texts.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Does have the New American Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church online, along with some press releases. If you are looking for documents, though, you won't find them here.

Online theology-related periodicals

Internet Theology Resources: Online Theology-Related Periodicals

Local theological pages

ChurchDocs.org. Mark Lutgen's site. Has the Vulgate and the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Several patristic and papal documents rescued from the old Catholic Files site. Does not work in Netscape 3 or 4.
Collegeville's Catholic Web Sites. Local WWW sites included in Thomas C. Fox's book Catholicism on the Web (1996). Fox is Associate Publisher of the National Catholic Reporter.
Elizabeth T. Knuth's Home Page.
Richard Oliver, Bro. Richard's Favorite URLs.

Other directories of theological resources

Allan R. Andrews, Religion Journalism on the WWW. It can be difficult to find religious news because many media outlets have no religion reporter, and relegate religion to occasional "lifestyle" features. This directory gives tips on where to find religious news on the Web. There is also a very helpful page listing links to denominational news agencies.
Catholic Information Network (CIN). [96K text, 35K graphics]. Navigation is JavaScript-dependent. Labyrinthine. Features some mailing lists that may be of interest.
CrossSearch. Largely evangelical directory, with search engine.
Gerald Darring, Theology Library. [10K text, 48K graphics]. Subject-oriented directory. A personal page about the Catholic Church. Darring teaches religion at a Catholic high school.
The ECOLE Initiative. ECOLE stands for Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia. Most useful section is "Documents," a directory of online Jewish, Christian, and Islamic documents from the New Testament era until the Reformation.
Faith Based Political Resources. Links to online justice and peace organizations.
Michael Fraser, Computer-Assisted Theology: Internet Resources. [87K text, 3K graphics]. Annotated directory.
Alan Godlas, Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion Page. Dr. Godlas teaches Islamic studies at the University of Georgia.
Paul Halsall, Byzantium: The Byzantine Studies Page. [22K text, 52K graphics]. Extensive. A collection of texts, plus links to resources for related areas of study.
Charles E. Jones, ABZU. Resources for study of the ancient Near East. Primarily, but not exclusively, of interest to Scripture scholars. Jones is the Research Archivist-Bibliographer for the Oriental Institute.
Labyrinth Home Page. Medieval studies.
Bradley Lehman, Mennonite Connections on the World-Wide Web. [53K text, 6K graphics].
Maven. [4K text, 49K graphics]. Jewish and Israel-related links.
Enric Ribas, Links católicos Mn.. Very good Internet directory. Ribas has mined WWW sites, especially those of religious orders, for Catholic links in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, Latin, and English.
Stefan Rohrbacher, Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory. Maintained by Dr. Rohrbacher, professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Duisberg, Germany, as part of the WWW Virtual Library. Tends toward the institutional (libraries and archives, degree programs). Also includes links to journals, scholarly societies, e-mail discussion groups, and searchable text databases.
The St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society. Egyptian, Coptic, and Orthodox links.
Andrew Tannenbaum's Judaism and Jewish Resources. [86K text, 10K graphic].
Universität Passau - Katholisch Theologische Fakultät. In German. Links to theological sites.

Scholarly societies

Internet Theology Resources: Scholarly Societies

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